Combination tool



P. W. HALLVARSON communion TOOL Filed July '2, 1924 til/M58858.

A mums Patented Oct. 13, 1925. I 8

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' COMBINATION TOOL;

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To all whom z't mdy fconcem." I Be it lmown that I, PETER W. HA vAR- SON, a citizen of Canada, and a resident of Black and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Combination Tool, of

whichthe following isa description."

Myinvention relates, toa tool comprising a handle and a plurality of separate implements" any one of which may be brought into. position for use and all of which may befolde'dinto then-handle. .The, general object of my invention is to provide a combination tool of the indicated, type in which coacting means are provided on the handle and on thev separate implements and so arranged that the locking tion within the handle. 8

means will functionto hold any one. implement firmly in position for use or .to firmly hold all the implements in the folded posi The-nat'ure of my invention and its distinguishing features and: advantages will clearly appear as the. description'proceeds. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part-of this specification, it'being' understood that the draw ings are merely illustrative of one example of the. invention v 1 I j j Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combination tool embodying my invention with the implements in folded position, housed within the handle;

Fig. 2 is an edge View of the tool with the implements in folded position, a part of one of the handle sections being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the combination tool with one of the implements locked in position for use, certain parts being shown in section;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the combination tool with parts in the folded position;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section showing sections of the handle swung on their pivotal connection relatively to each other to release the implements and permit of an implement being positioned for use; and

Figs. 6 and 7 are cross-sections respectively on the lines 6-6 and 77 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example two handle sections 10, 11 are provided, the inner section 11 being adapted to swing to a posi- Diamond, in the Province ofAlberta 1924. sermi No. 724,675.

' tion within the outer section 10 or to a posi tion in'a plane at an angle tothe outer section as shown in Fig. 5. I 5. 1

The two handle -sections' 10, 11 have their adjacent sides pivoted together as at 12, said pivots 12 being a short-distance from'one end of the handlesections. Adjacent to the opposite end of the handle sections latch means is'provided to hold the two handle sections in folded or closed position, there being shown for the purpose in the villustrated example a small opening 13011 the outer section and aprotuberance 14 on the inner section adapted to spring [into said opening 13. v

A plurality of implements provided;

which maybe in the form of'knife blades, screw-drivers, or the like. These implements 15 are disposed between the'sides of the inner handle section 11 and arepivotally secured'by a transverse pivot'16 extending through both handle sections; and through said implements. Thus itwill be observed that the handle sections 10,-11 may swing relativelyto each other about one center (the 1 axis of alined pivots 12), and the blades swing relativelytoboth handles about a second center to wit, the axis of the pivot 16, v e j In order to effect the'locking of the implements 15 either in the operative or the folded position by the movement of the handle sections relatively to each other, each implement is formed with a side notch 17, in one edge, distant from that end edge of the implement adjacent to the pivot 16 and each implement at the opposite edge is formed with a second notch 18 close to the adjacent end edge, that is to say, the notches 17 and 18 are in transverse planes distant from each other. The pivot 16 extends through slots 19 in the sides of the inner handle section 11.to permit of said handle section 11 turning about the axis of the pivots l2 and relatively to the implements 15.

On the handle section 11 at the end edge adjacent the pivot is a lip 20 directed laterally inward, which lip 20 is adapted to enter the notches 18 in the implements 15 when the implements are folded into the handle sections as shown in Fig. 4:, or to enter the notch 17 of that implement 15 which is swung forwardly to position for use as shown in Fig. 3, so that in either position of an implement, that is to say, either within illustrated example constitutes a practical:

embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the eXact-'details=l1ereinillustrated, since manifestly the samecan be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of-the invention as defined inthe appended claims.

l-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A combination tool comprising a'handle, said handle includingtwo seotions pivoted to each other" adjacent to oneendymeans additional to the pivots of the'handlesections to pivot various implements to the handle, and coa'cting and intere-ngaging means embodied in said implements and appurtenant toone of 'the han-dle sections to lock the implements either in a foldedposition Within the handle or in an extended position for use.

2. A combinationtool comprising handle sections, the one adapted to be accommodated within the other, means pivoting said handle sections together to swing relatively to each other, a series ofimplemen-ts adapted to be accomodated within the inner handle sect-ion, pivot means securing said implements to the outer handle section, said inner handle section having a slot through which said last mentioned pivot means extends, and Ineans'to lock the implements to the=handle when .saidimplements are in position within thehandl ejor dle sections pivoted together to swing relae y toz a h oth r, ones e e being foldable within the other section and adapted Ito move to a position at an angle to the other section, an implement accommodated 'within-the'innersection and pivoted to the outer section, and means to lock implement in a positionexten'ding from'thefhandle for use, said lock means comprising a member on theinner handle section, jthejsaijd implement having a notch to receive said locking member on the inner handlesection.

4. A combination'tool comprising an outer handle section, an inner handle section able into the outer section and swingable to a position at an angle "to the outer section, an t dated Within the inner-"handle and isavingable therefrom to a position extended 5-beyond I the handle for use, a pivot-extending transversely through said "implement and through both sides of the outerhandle (section, the inner handle section "having'aslot through which said pivot extends, and a locking lip on the inner handle'section,:sai d implement having a notch in one side edge adjacent'to that end edge nearest said and having a secondnotch in 'th'e opjposi'te side edge a greater distance frorngt 'e said end edge than the first-mentioned notch, either of saidnotches being adapted; toreceive said lip for locking said implement either in, the folded v position within thejhan dle or in anfextended position.

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